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// Contibutors: "Luke Blanshard" <Luke@quiq.com>
//              "Mark DONSZELMANN" <Mark.Donszelmann@cern.ch>
//              "Muly Oved" <mulyoved@hotmail.com>

package org.apache.log4j;

/**
 * Use this class to quickly configure the package.
 * 
 * <p>
 * For file based configuration see {@link PropertyConfigurator}. For XML based
 * configuration see {@link org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator
 * DOMConfigurator}.
 * 
 * @since 0.8.1
 * @author Ceki G&uuml;lc&uuml;
 */
public class BasicConfigurator {

	protected BasicConfigurator() {
	}

	/**
	 * Add a {@link ConsoleAppender} that uses {@link PatternLayout} using the
	 * {@link PatternLayout#TTCC_CONVERSION_PATTERN} and prints to
	 * <code>System.out</code> to the root category.
	 */
	static public void configure() {
		Logger root = Logger.getRootLogger();
		root.addAppender(new ConsoleAppender(new PatternLayout(
				PatternLayout.TTCC_CONVERSION_PATTERN)));
	}

	/**
	 * Add <code>appender</code> to the root category.
	 * 
	 * @param appender
	 *            The appender to add to the root category.
	 */
	static public void configure(Appender appender) {
		Logger root = Logger.getRootLogger();
		root.addAppender(appender);
	}

	/**
	 * Reset the default hierarchy to its defaut. It is equivalent to calling
	 * <code>Category.getDefaultHierarchy().resetConfiguration()</code>.
	 * 
	 * See {@link Hierarchy#resetConfiguration()} for more details.
	 */
	public static void resetConfiguration() {
		LogManager.resetConfiguration();
	}
}
